Butt and set gage



A. ZETTERMAN.

BUTT AND SET GAGE. APPLICATION FILED APR.4. 1919.

1,3 97, 5 69. Patented Nov. 22, 1921.

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AXEL ZETTERMAN, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR'OF ONE-HALF T0 EDWIN NELSON, .OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

BUTT AND SET GAGE.

Application filed April 4,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AXEL ZETTERMAN, a citizen of Sweden, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Butt and Set Gages,

' set in the position for non-use.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the same.

Fig. 4 is a view of the other end.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation, on the same scale as Fig. 1, with the part set in one of the positions for use.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a view with the parts in a difierent position from that shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the sleeve and rod members removed from the frame.

Fig. 10 is a bottom view of the same.

Fig. 11 is a side elevation of the rod member.

My improved butt and set gage comprises a frame 10, a set of movable members slidably housed in the said frame and provided with a plurality of marking points for marking woodwork, and a clamping screw 11.

The frame 10 comprises a relatively elongated structure'of generally I-shaped cross section, having a flanged top portion 12 that serves as a handle, having a flanged bottom 13 with a finished bottom face 14 that serves as one of the working surfaces, having a swelled middle portion 15 intermediate the said top and bottom that is provided with a longitudinal bore 16 that is afit for the sliding tube member 17, has a longitudinal slot 30 extending through the front wall of the said swelled middle portion 15 for the Specification of Letters Patent. -Pa1;ented Nbv. 22, 1921.

1919. Serial No. 287,548.

greater part of the length'of the frame and connecting with the bore 16 for slidably receiving the body portion of'the clamping screw 11, and has a diametral slot 18. ex

tending along the vertical axial plane, as shown 1n Fig. 5, that extends across the bore 16 and serves as a housing for the marking points in some of the various positionsto' which they may be set.

The portion of the axial cross slot 18 that said marking point. or marker 19 being directed radially and of sufiicient length to project below the bottom face 14 so that the tip end will be operative as a marking dc vice. The portion of the cross slot 18 that is above the bore 16 is of sufficient depth to house the other markers, all of which are relativelyshort and cooperate with one or the other of the end faces of theframe 10.

The vertical distance between the top face 20 of the handle 12 and the axis of the bore 16 is greater than the distance between the said axis and the bottom face 14 of the base 13 by an amount that is as great as the" amount of the projection of the marker 19 when in the downwardly directed or active position so that when the .tube 17 is turned in the bore 16 so that the marker 19 is upwardly directed the marker will be in in active position. Thus the handle structure 12 serves as a protecting device to the extent of preventing the marker 19 from being used as a marker. I prefer, however, to provide ahousing for positively housing the marker 19 when in non-operating position and I find that this can be done by housing the moving parts in position reversed end for end from the active or operating position, being the position shown in Fig. 1 and the following figures to Fig. 5 inclusive, and providing extra length for the frame 10 relatively to the moving parts with a radial slot or recess 21across the end, as shown in Fig. 2, for receiving the marker 19. Actually, the slot 21 is an extension of the diametral slot 18 across the end face.

Thus there. is a slight excess in length of the frame 10 over the length of the tube 17,

and this feature has another advantage in the use of the frame 10 in cooperation with the markers on the said tube, particularly the marker 19, already mentioned, on one end and the marker22 at the other end for marking doors tobe used with, rabbeted jambs. The marker 19 would be used with the left end face 23, as shown in Fig. 6, for

marking the jambs and the marker 22 would be; used, in cooperation with the right end 7 face 24 for marking the doors, and there would be automatically provided a slight the" lower side of the tube 17 and at the right end, opposite V the marker 22, is

marker 25 that is used in cooperation with a marker 26 for marking for mortising for looks and lockstrikes;

The said marker 26 is at the" right end of a sliding member 27 in the form of a rod and which has a second marker 28 at the left end and on the opposite side thereof from'the marker 26 that is suitable for marking for mortising for the thickness of a butt or hinge.

The moving parts comprise the tube 17 thatfits in the bore 16 and the rod 27 that fitswithin the bore of the tube 17 and the clamping is effected by means of the clamping screw 11 that is engaged with one of the holes29 in the rod 27, a plurality of such holes being provided for permitting ofextending the range of adjustment and effecting a proper clamping of the parts.

In changing from the active to the nonactive position or the reverse the clamping screw 11 is removed entirely for the moment and reentered in one of the holes 29 from the opposite end, there being only one slot.

30 for the clamping screw through the side wall of the swelled portion 15. l

The marker 19 cooperates with the slot 18 for positioning the tube 17 radially relatively to the frame 10 and the clamping screw 11 cooperates with the slot 30 in positioning the rod 27 radially. j The tube 17 has an opening 32, that, as shown, is in the formof an open slot extending longitudinally inwardly from the left end that registers with the threaded holes 29 for admitting the clamping screw 11, andhas a longitudinal slot 31 on the lower side for the marker 26, and has a short cross slot 33 connecting the slots 31 and 32 for permitting of assembling of the parts.

The structure described provides a plurality of markers that canbe adjusted conveniently in diiferent positions for different uses, and provides means for positively housing all of the markers for convenience ture,which outer element is in the form of 7 Thus there is prothe tube, as described. vlded a pos tive connectlon between the screw and the rod, so that the screw, by

means of the head portion thereof that projects beyond the structure of the frame is adapted to conveniently serve as a handle for manipulating the said rod in changing from one position of adjustment to the other, i

and which feature is particularly advan tageous by reason of the number of parts that have to be-handled in effecting such change in adjustment.

By providing a choice of holes for th clamping screw, as shown, means are provided for effective clamping of the parts with relatively great differences in the amount of projection of the'rod and'tube beyond the frame, and with a relatively short slot in the tube throughwhich the clamping screw passes.

As described, the marker 22 at the tube 17 and the marker 19 at the other end thereof are used atone setting, the

marker 22 being used for doors and the marker 19 for jambs, the saidmarkers 22 and 19 being parts of one piece, and being used for marking a door and a jamb for a butt or hinge. 1 v

The marker 28 is also used at the same time as the markers 22 and 19 for a marking' for the same butt or hinge, being used for marking on both the door and the jamb for the thickness of the butt or hinge and is adjusted independently of the markers 22 and 19. Provision for permitting this to be done is made by mounting the said marker 28 on a separate piece, which piece is the .rod '27, and which structurally is housed within the tube 17 ,all of the parts being locked in the position to which they oneendof' V are set by means of a single locking screw. 7

It will be noted that the marker 28 isconnected to the rod 27 by means of a longitudinally directed stem of appreciable length that is connected to 'the'upper side of the left end of the said rod 27, the marker proper being in the form of a knife-edge at the left end of the said stem, as viewed in Figs. 6 and 9. Actually the said stem, which is designated by the character 34:, may in some cases be formed by cutting away the material of the body portion of portion adjacent end face 23 of the frame whlch coisms the rod 27 at the lower and outer corner. By cutting away the said body portion of the rod 27 the marker 28 can be set in operative position without having the body of the rod 27 project beyond the operates with the marker 19 when used for the setting that has been described.

1 claim as my invention v 1. A butt and set gage comprising a frame, the said frame having a longitudinal bore and having a longitudinal slot along one face and connecting with the said bore, a composite moving portion housed in the said bore and composed of a tube fitting the said bore and a rod telescoping in the said tube, the said tube having a first marker at one end that extends radially through the said slot and having a second marker at the other end, the said rod having a third marker at the end corresponding to the end of the tube having the said first marker, and the parts being constructed and arranged so that all of the said three markers will be active at one time, with the second marker projected beyond one end of the frame, the third marker projected beyond the other end thereof, and the first marker projected radially through the said slot.

2. A butt and set gage comprising a frame having an axial bore and a radial slot extending from the said bore through the bottomwall, a tube slidably engaged with the said bore and having a radially directed marker for operation in the said slot, and the end wall of the said frame having on the side opposite the said slot a recess for housing the said marker.

3. A butt and set gage as described in claim 1, a single screw serving as clamping means,'the said screw being entered through the said frame and tube and having screw threaded engagement with the said rod.

i. A. butt and set gage as described in claim 1 and having the third marker supported from the body portion of the said rod by a longitudinally directed stem and on the side of the rod remote from the said first marker.

A butt and set gage comprising a slotted frame having a bore and a moving member of composite form housed in the said bore, the said moving member comprising a tube and a rod telescoping therein,-

a clamping screw for holding the said moving member in position relatively to the said frame, the said rod having a threaded hole for receiving the said screw, and the said tube having a slot through which the said screw passes while engaged with the said threaded hole.

6. A butt and set gage as described in claim 5, the said tube and rod being provided with a set of markers comprising a marker on one end of the said rodand projecting through the said tube, and the said tube having a second slot, in off-set relation to the said first slot for housing the said marker. j

7. A butt and set gage as described in claim 6, the said tube having a cross-connecting slot for inter-connecting the other two slots, and one of the said two slots being open at one end of the tube, whereby the two parts of the moving member can be longitudinally separated by utilizing the slots as a combined way for the said marker.

8. A butt and set gage comprising a frame having a bore, a composite moving structure slidably engaged with the side bore comprising an outer element in the form of a tube and an inner element in the form of a rod that telescopes within the bore of the said tube and having a plurality of markers, and a clamp ing screw, the said tube being slotted for the said screw, the said frame having a slot in the side wall and the said rod having a threaded hole, and the said screw having the end entered into the said hole, having the body portion extended through the said tube and the said slot, and having the head portion adapted to engage with the border wall of the said slot, whereby a positive connection is provided between the said screw and rod and the head portion of the screw can be used as a handle in manipulating the parts.

9. A butt and set gage as described in claim 8, and the said rod being provided with a plurality of such holes for permitting a choice in connecting the screw and the rod.

10. A butt and set gage comprising a frame having a bore and a moving structure having a plurality of markers slidably housed in the said bore, the said frame comprising longitudinally disposed faces on opposite sides of the said bore comprising on one side an active face and on the opposite side an inactive face, the said markers comprising a relatively marker that cooperates with the said active face and is adapted to project beyond such face when in position for use, the said moving structurebeing bore so that when in the inactive position the said marker will be directed toward the said inactive face, and the said inactive face being positioned outwardly radially relatively to the said bore by an amount corresponding substantially to extent of the projection of the said marker, so as to be adapted to serve as a protecting means for the said marker.

11. In a butt and set gage comprising a frame having a longitudinal passage, a composite marker supporting member slidable in the said passage and composed of an outer part of tubular form and an inner part in the form of a rod, a clamping screw entered through the side of the frame for selong, radially disposed reversible in the said curing the said member, and the said screw outer part of tubular form and an inner l'ia'vingscrew threaded engagement with the part in the form of a rod, a plurality of 10 said rod and having a head for engaging markers supported by the said rod, and one with the'said side of the fra e, of the said markers being supported by a l2. Inga butt and set gage comprising a longitudinally directed stem inthe form of frame having a longitudinal passage, a com an eXtenslon of one side of the said r0cl.'

pesite marker supporting member slidable in the said passage and composed of an i i I ZETTERMAN.- 

